Etymograph

English

Kaliarda

Kaliarda comes from Greek καλιαρντά.

  1. Greek1453–presentκαλιαρντάkaliarntá
  2. EnglishtodayKaliarda

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Greek1453–presentκαλιαρντάkaliarntá
  2. EnglishtodayKaliarda

Every English word from Greek καλιαρντά

Today it means

name A cant used by the homosexual community in Greece, similar to Polari in Britain, in use since the 1940s. It uses a large amount of borrowings from French, Italian and Turkish. Once a secret language to evade the hostile community, it is now widely known thanks to television and thus not used much nowadays.

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Etymograph / Greek καλιαρντά / Kaliarda

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